Porch-light.



J. J. DOSSERT & e. L. STEWART.

PORCH LIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY16| I913;

Patented Aug. 7, 1917.

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ATTORNEYS TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. DOSSERT AND GEORGE L. STEWART, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORSTO GROUSE-HINDS COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEWYORK.

PORCH-LIGHT.

Patented Aug. 7,1917.

Application filed May '16, 1913. Serial No. 768,044.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN J. DOSSERT and GEoRoE L. STEWART, of Syracuse,in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certainnew and useful Porch-Light, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the -pro-. duction of a porch lightwhich in addition to lighting the porch also illuminates a sign or thestreet number of the building; and the invention consists in thecombinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.-

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section of this porch light.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 22, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33, Fig. 1.

This porch light comprises, generally, a box or casing for the lamp, thebox having means for connection with an electric conduit, and windows ontwo sides thereof which are penetrable by light.

As here shown the box is substantially rectangular in form and the frontand under sides thereof are provided with transparent windows, the frontwall being designed to contain the street number of the house or otherbuilding, and the wall of the lower side being designed to permit therays of light to illuminate the steps and entrance of the residence, andin order to illuminate the steps most advantageously, the under side isinclined upwardly and rearwardly as by a suitable bracket 5 projectinginwardly from the rear wall 6 of the box. The nlpplev .2 is here shownas connected to the conduit 3 by means of a coupling 7 having a plugportion inserted in the nipple 2 and formed with an annular groove 8' inwhich the tapered fastening member 9 is tangentially passed, thefastening member 9 being here shown as a screw threading transverselythrough the nipple 2 and having a conical portion designed to bind inthe groove 8 and hold the coupling in any angular position.

10 and 11 are respectively the window openings in the front and undersides of the box, and 12 and 13 are panels secured in the openings, thepanels being preferably glass. As here shown the box is formed with agroove 14 extending around three sides of each opening 10 or 11 and openat the fourth side of each opening for permitting the insertion of thepanel of glass, the box being also formed with a face. as 15 or 16located at the fourth side of the opening 10 or 11,-

and flush with the rear side 17 of the groove 14 and against which face15 or 16 one mar gin of the panel of glass rests when the remainingmargins are in the groove 14 or 15.

Fastening means engage the exposed edge of each panel 12 or 13 and, ashere shown, the panel 13 arranged in the opening on the inclined side ofthe box, is held in position by fastening members as buttons 18, and thepanel 12 on the front side of the box is held in position by an angularmember 19 having a flange for engaging the front face of the lowermargin of the panel 12, the member 19 also engaging the exposed edge ofsaid panel, both fastening members being secured to the box by anysuitable means as screws 20 and 21, and the member 19 having open endedslots 22 for receiving the screws, the slots permitting removal of themember 19 when'the screws are loosened.

In use, the box may be secured to a porch or building in any suitablemanner with the face in which the street number is set presentedforwardly and the inclined face downwardly so that the number can beread from the street and the steps of the porch and the entranceilluminated.

What we claim is:

An illuminating device comprising an elongated box oblong in generalform in longitudinal section, the box having substantially flat sidesand means at one end for connection to a conduit and also having atsaid'end a support for a lamp socket, the support being located on theinner side of the wall at said end, the lower side of the box beinglocated on an incline relativelyto the front side and the rear side ofthe box, Onondaga, in the State of New York, this and said lower sideand front side having '21st day of April 1913.

transparent panels, substantially as and for J OHN J. DOSSERT.

the purpose described. v GEORGE L. STElVAR-T.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto Witnesses: v

signed out names in the presence of two at- (1- C. SoHoENEcK,

testing witnesses, at Syracuse, the county of WM. CORNELL BLANDING.

